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An ingenious interrogation of authorship and mechanical productionItalian artists Marco Mazzi (born 1980) and Elisabetta Porcinai (born 1987) use a machine translator to transform an original text into a work authored by the machine. Here, essays contextualize the work alongside precedents such as Alvin Lucier's I Am Sitting in a Room and Walter Benjamin's "The Task of the Translator.

A photo-portrait of a legendary Milan galleryFor 50 years, Studio Marconi, founded by Giorgio Marconi, has exposed Milan and Italy to emerging international and domestic artists. This book documents Studio Marconi's activities from 1968 to 1978 through the photographs of Milanese photographer Enrico Cattaneo.

A Portuguese artist's scrapbook portrait of studio lifeArchitectural details of Lisbon, downloaded images of politicians and internet heroes, abstract doodles: Portuguese artist Pedro Barateiro (born 1979) gathers these images and more in a scrapbook-like volume. Like his artist-run space Spirit Shop, photographed in this book, Just a Wound embodies a spirit of openness and dialogue.

A sound artist's tale of a failed flirtationIn this artist's book, German sound artist Armin Lorenz Gerold tells the story, in text and photographs, of an unnamed protagonist visiting the Olympic swimming pool in West Berlin during the summer of 2020, and a young man who catches his attention.

As much a portrait of the transformed artist as it is a collective rendering of those who call the border home." -Brooklyn RailFor eight weeks, Chinese painter Liu Xiaodong (born 1962) embedded himself within Mexico-US border communities such as Ciudad Juárez, El Paso, Eagle Pass, Piedras Negras, Laredo and Nuevo Laredo, to capture the lives and trials of the people living there. A leading figure of Chinese Neo-Realism, Liu, in loose brushstro...

Everyday objects are inverted and transformed by a virtuoso Mexican conceptualistMexican artist Martín Soto Climént (born 1977) mines the lyrical potential of found objects and images, in works ranging from object-based sculptures and installations to photography and, recently, painting. This monograph constitutes the first major assessment of Soto Climént's art.

A timeless Naples anthem reinterpreted by contemporary artists as a message of hopeAttempting to focus on the positive at the height of the pandemic, an international collection of artists created responses to the Neapolitan song, "O Sole Mio." Artists include Adel Abdessemed, Darren Almond, Julian Charrière, Ludovica Colacino, Shezad Dawood, Layla Diba, Ana Elisa Egreja, Jerónimo Elespe, Adrian Esparza, Ana Gallardo, Kate Gilmore, Christopher...

Oehlen's art constellated among works by others from his private collectionHere, colorful abstractions by Albert Oehlen (born 1954) are seen alongside works owned by the artist, including pieces by Mike Kelley, Hans Bellmer, Christina Ramberg, Paul McCarthy and others.

A multimedia investigation of the history of ergot and its feminist implicationsPortuguese artist Diana Policarpo (born 1986) considers the cultural history of ergot, a fungus that was used to induce abortions as well as hallucinogenic states, through installations and video works that feature anatomical diagrams, shamanic drawings, reproductions of art and more.

Impressionistic images of world citiesFor 15 years, Italian photographer Roberto Polillo (born 1946) has traveled from Venice to Havana, using long exposures to capture the energy and spirit of these cities. Between the Visible and the Invisible collects 65 of these images.

A photographic study of Raphael's lesser-known architectural oeuvreHere, luscious color photographs of Raphael's architectural works by Italian photographer Stefano Graziani capture the rich pinks, blacks and ochres of the Chigi Chapel, the Villa Farnesina and more.

A call for collectivism and collaboration in a world that prioritizes individualism, with insights from artists and researchers worldwideThis anthology collects essays and honest conversations with creative practitioners invested in social justice. Artists, activists, researchers and educators initiate social situations all over the world, in places where institutions fail them, they establish their own, working collectively for the benefit of...

On the bizarre creatures and characters that populate Diego Perrone's multifaceted artOver the course of his 25-year career, Diego Perrone (born 1970) has used photography, video, sculpture and drawing to create expressive, imaginative and often surprising work addressing existential themes. This catalog demonstrates the complexity of Perrone's oeuvre to date.

An in-depth introduction to the science and speculations informing Lea Porsager's multimedia artPublished for a solo exhibition at Moderna Museet, Stockholm, this monograph documents Lea Porsager's (born 1981) experiments in sculpture, 3D animation and text-based art meditating on excited and exhausted states--in particles as well as bodies.

From Pablo Picasso to Simone Fattal, ceramic as a medium of conceptual and material malleabilityFeaturing more than 200 works by artists from the 19th century to today, this publication features the Fischers, Albert Diato, Eugène Baudin, Johan Creten, Simone Fattal, George Ohr, Ron Nagle, Pablo Picasso and Magdalena Suarez Frimkess.

A critical reader on culture and society in postwar Central and Eastern EuropeIn Cold Revolution, essayists examine the relationship between visual culture and the radical social revolutions of 1950s Central and Eastern Europe. As international political tensions intensified and dictatorships rose to power, social realist art and design served as a means of societal critique. Here, 20 contributors explore the social transformations of 1950s Eu...

Pfeifer's films explore cultural types in order to extend beyond the limits and privilege of a specific ethnography." -ArtforumThis volume accompanies German filmmaker Mario Pfeifer's exhibition at the Power Plant in Toronto.

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What does it mean to paint a flag in 2020? An investigation of vexillology as a lens on Værslev's new seriesIntroducing a new series of paintings of national flags by Norwegian artist Fredrik Værslev (born 1979), this volume examines the art historical, sociocultural and philosophical implications of this timely and contentious subject.

An in-depth examination of Italian collective ZimmerFrei's most recent film, wherein vision becomes a social act ZimmerFrei is known for multimedia work and documentary films that revolve around the ideas of identity politics, otherness and togetherness. This publication focuses on the collective's new trilogy of short films, LUMI, and includes the scripts and exhaustive visual documentation of the production of the series.